I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Thoughtworks (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2017
Interview
1. Phone call with talent scout.
2. Phone call with software engineer, mostly non-technical.
3. Take-home project. 3 options to choose from.
4. 7-hour (!) on-site interview. This consists of random technical and behavioral questions, a pair-programming session (adding features to your take-home project), a personality test, and a logic test.
Overall I thought the interview process was pretty good, but it's such an enormous waste of time if you don't get the job. I think I spent 15+ hours between all the interviewing and the take-home project. It's frustrating to receive a very vague reason like "not experienced enough". My experience and coding abilities should have been pretty apparent from my work history and the project that they reviewed before they called me in.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Choose from three projects:
- finding an efficient route between several points
- parsing strings to translate currency from one format to another
- comparing schedules
Invited for an HR screening only to be immediately rejected for not having enough YOE. If this was a hard requirement why even schedule a call in the first place? A complete waste of time for both parties.
The interview consists of two rounds and takes about a month. It mainly asks about the understanding of the business and the ability to cooperate with others, and also includes some assessment of personal technical abilities
I was referred into Thoughtworks Bengaluru. After a basic HR screen, a PM grilled me on BA-style scenarios. After that, I prepped a two-day case study to roleplay a consultant.